How to survive community medicine?

Posted by jammed on January 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment

I feel lucky that I chose to enroll in a school, which gives emphasis on the health of the less fortunate fellowmen, with its community-based curriculum. During the 2nd semester of our freshmen year, we were assigned to 2-3 families per student in the community. At the first meetings, some of the families were resistant as expected. Some families were even locking up when they saw us approaching. We had experienced being chased by drug addicts. One classmate has witnessed a stabbing incident. Yeah, that’s how terrifying our experiences in our community were. It really felt like “survival of the fittest”. Despite these untoward circumstances, we are surviving community medicine.

1. We go to the community in groups or in pairs. This is especially for girls for security purposes.

2. We smile at and greet everyone in the community. This was our topmost strategy to gain the acceptance of the residents.

3. We address them by “ate”, “kuya”, or “lola”. This makes them comfortably talk with us.

4. The first thing we ask when we visit is “Kumusta na ang buhay?” Although we almost overuse this question but at least they feel that we are always interested to know their everyday life.

5. We treat their kids and family as ours. We play and spend quality time with them. This avoids feelings of inferiority from them because they can see that we can mingle with them.

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